COMPOST!
Yard waste makes up 20-50% of curbside garbage. Composting landscape and kitchen waste at home reduces the volume of garbage in our landfills and helps save the environment. Composting also turns your biodegradeable garbage into nutrient-rich soil. All you need is a compost bin (available for purchase at the museum’s Gecko Gift Shop or you can build your own). Instead of throwing your vegetable scraps into the garbage can, put your old food and other organic material, like dead leaves and grass clippings, into your compost pile. Be sure not to throw any plastic, metal, or other man-made items in the compost – only “natural” garbage please! Also, avoid throwing meat or dairy products into your compost – it makes it smell bad and attracts rodents.
Use a rake or shovel to mix up your compost pile once a month. You want air and water to get mixed in with the waste. After a few months all that garbage will decompose and turn into soil you can spread on your flower or vegetable garden.
For more tips on protecting the environment click on
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_actionitems.asp
